Annotation:MacPherson's Cave

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MACPHERSON'S CAVE. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Biography:J. Scott Skinner [] (1843-1927).

Nearby MacPherson's Cave is located Delnabo, the residence of one of Skinner's acquaintances, Colonel Smith (see Skinner's "Delnabo"). One of Ossian's odes is entitled "MacPherson's Cave," a passage of which goes:

Dar in the rock, beside the flood;
Dry fern around obstructs the sight;
The winds above it move the wood.----
One tree bends o'er the naked walls,
Two broad-winged eagles hover nigh.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Skinner (Harp and Claymore Collection), 1904; p. 17.

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